THE OHIO SECTION: 1915-1990


Appendix F

INVITED ADDRESSES

* Denotes retiring Chairman
F Denotes Fall Meeting
YEAR SPEAKER/AFFILIATION TITLE OF ADDRESS
1916 R. B. Allen*
Kenyon C.
"Hypercomplex Number Systems"
1917 T. M. Focke*
Case School Appl. Sci.
"A Geometrical Presentation of Taylor's Series"
1918 F. B. Wiley*
Denison U.
"An Experiment with Co-ordinates"
1919 C. N. Moore*
U. of Cincinnati
"The Role of Mathematics in World Progress"
1920 R. L. Borger*
Ohio U.
"Some Geometric Methods for Curve Tracing"
1921 S. E. Rasor*
Ohio State U.
"Functions and Functionals"
1922 M. Gugle
Columbus Public Schools
"The High School-College Problem"
D. L. Holl
Ohio State U.
"The Mathematical Justification of a Fundamental Postulate of the Theory of Relativity"
B. F. Yanney*
C. of Wooster
"Some Aspects of the Mathematical Situation in Ohio"
1923 H. L. Coar*
Marietta C.
"Freshman Mathematics in the Liberal Arts College"
1924 W. E. Anderson*
Miami U.
"Some Methods of Creating and Maintaining Interest in Mathematics"
E. E. Lincoln
Western Electric Co.
"Business Statistics"
1925 H. Hancock*
U. of Cincinnati
"A Notion Which Includes That of Divisibility"
1926 R. D. Bohannan*
Ohio State U.
"Alphabetic Symbolism Applied to Some Operations on Power Series"
1927 H. W. Kuhn*
Ohio State U.
"Galois Fields and Permutation Groups"
H. W. Sibert
U. of Cincinnati
"A New Type of Singular Solution"
1928 C. H. Yeaton*
Oberlin C.
"The Construction of the Tangent to Certain Curves"
1929 E. H. Clarke*
Hiram C.
"Problem Solving and Mathematical Progress"
A. F. Petersilge
Shaker Heights Pub. Sch.
"Elementary and Secondary Mathematics Essential for Success in College Mathematics"
1930 G. Y. Rainich
U. of Michigan
"Linear Vector Functions, their Applications and Generalizations"
S. A. Rowland*
Ohio Wesleyan U.
"The Solutions of a System of Linear Homogeneous Differential Equations with Laurent Coefficients"
1931 W. G. Simon*
Western Reserve U.
"Some Doubts About the Content of Elementary Courses in Calculus"
1932 W. D. Cairns*
Oberlin C.
"An Undergraduate Course Leading to the Study of Wave Mechanics"
E. S. Loomis
Baldwin-Wallace C.
"A Trihedron and its Genesis"
C. L. Weaver
Kent State U.
"A Proof of the Rule for Evaluating an Indeterminate Form"
1933 H. T. Davis
Indiana U.
"The Predictable Element in Economic Series"
O. L. Distheimer*
Baldwin-Wallace C.
"Applied Mathematics in a Liberal Arts College"
1934 I. A. Barnett*
U. of Cincinnati
"Some Suggestions for the Improvement of the Teaching of Mathematics"
K. P. Williams
Indiana U.
"The Problem of Professional Training"
1935 H. Blumberg*
Ohio State U.
"On the Change of Form"
E. J. Moulton
Northwestern U.
"The Training and Utilization of Advanced Students of Mathematics"
B. O. Skinner
Ohio Dept. of Ed.
"On the Teaching of Mathematics in the Secondary Schools"
G. Szegö
Washington U.
"Some Recent Applications of Sturm's Oscillation Method"
1936 J. Pierce*
Heidelberg C.
"Solutions of Systems of Linear Differential Equations in the Vicinity of Singular Points"
1937 J. H. Weaver*
Ohio State U.
"A Generalization of the Circles of Apollonius and Some Resulting Properties"
1938 O. E. Brown*
Case School Appl. Sci.
"The Application of Determinants and Projective Transformations to Nomography"
K. Menger
Notre Dame U.
"The Foundations of Projective and Affine Geometry"
1939 G. A. Bliss
U. of Chicago
"The Hamilton-Jacobi Theory in the Calculus of Variations and its Sources"
C. O. Williamson*
C. of Wooster
"Why I Teach Mathematics"
1940 E. Artin
Indiana U.
"Introduction of Coordinates in Affine Geometry"
W. Dancer*
U. of Toledo
"Fundamental Concepts in Undergraduate Mathematics"
1941 G. A. Miller
U. of Illinois
"Mathematical Statements in the History of Mathematics"
J. R. Musselman*
Western Reserve U.
"Aerial Photogrammetry"
1942 L. Brand*
U. of Cincinnati
"Non-Metric Differential Invariants"
L. R. Ford
Illinois Inst. of Tech.
"A Million Ways to Solve Equations"
1943 C. T. Bumer*
Kenyon C.
"The Pre-Meterological Training Program: An Experiment and A Challenge"
1944 T. Radó*
Ohio State U.
"On Triangulation"
1946 J. B. Brandeberry*
U. of Toledo
"Imaginary Branches of Real Curves"
F. D. Murnaghan
Johns Hopkins U.
"The Teaching of College Mathematics"
1947 T. Radó*
Ohio State U.
"Intuition in Mathematics"
S. A. Rowland*
Ohio Wesleyan U.
"The Association's Interest in Pre-College Training"
1948 M. Hall, Jr.
Ohio State U.
"Prospects in Projective Geometry"
H. S. Pollard*
Miami U.
"The Mathematics Major"
1949 R. H. Marquis*
Ohio U.
"Some Current Questions in the Administration of College Mathematics"
E. J. Mickle
Ohio State U.
"Some Questions in Metric Geometry"
1950 E. Baiade
U. of Pisa
"Some Modern Italian Mathematicians"
E. P. Vance*
Oberlin C.
"A Different Approach to the Study of Circular Functions"
1951 A. Schild
Carnegie Inst. Tech.
"Interactions of Modern Mathematics and Modern Physics"
V. C. Stechschulte*
Xavier U.
"Some Mathematics in Seismology"
1952 L. I. Davis
U.S.A.F.
"Some Mathematical Problems Encountered in Research and Development Work"
R. F. Rinehart*
Case Inst. Tech.
"Functions of Matrices"
1953 H. B. Mann
Ohio State U.
"Combinatorial Problems"
E. F. Mickle*
Ohio State U.
"Mappings and Measure"
1954 P. R. Rider*
Wright-Patterson A.F.B.
"Statistical Distributions"
G. deB. Robinson
U. of Toronto
"The Place of Algebra and Geometry in the Undergraduate Curriculum"
1955 R. R. Stoll
Oberlin C.
"Characteristics of Determinant Functions"
W. R. Transue*
Kenyon C.
"Approaches to Measure and Integration"
1956 H. E. Grime
Cleveland Pub. Sch.
"Some Current Problems of Teachers of Mathematics in Elementary and Secondary Schools"
E. Snapper
Miami U.
"The Geometric Method in Modern Algebra"
R. R. Stoll*
Oberlin C.
"Sperner's Lemma"
1957 A. Church
Princeton U.
"Synthesis of Electric Circuits as a Problem in Mathematical Logic"
P. V. Reichelderfer*
Ohio State U.
"On the Geometrical Meaning of a Derivative"
1958 N. Lazar
Ohio State U.
"Critique on the Preparation of Elementary and Secondary School Teachers of Mathematics"
E. R. Ranucci
Newark State C.
"Report from the Commission on Mathematics of the College Entrance Board"
J. L. Snell
Dartmouth C.
"The New Dartmouth Mathematics Curriculum"
1959 G. Blanch
Wright-Patterson A.F.B.
"Review of Basic Concepts in Approximation Theory"
L. E. Bush*
Kent State U.
"Some Problems in Teacher Training and Retraining"
R. J. Nelson
Case Inst. Tech.
"The Impact of the Electronic Computer on the Mathematics Curriculum"
D. R. Whitney
Ohio State U.
"The Role of a Statistics Laboratory on a College Campus"
1960 S. N. Gupta
Wayne State U.
"A Procedure for Optimizing a Function Involving Uncertain Parameters"
W. R. VanVoorhis*
Fenn C.
"The Impact of Modern Mathematics Upon College Teachers"
1961 W. Ellis*
Oberlin C.
"On Boolean Algebras"
C. Saltzer
U. of Cincinnati
"Computers and Automata"
1963 W. G. Johnson*
Hiram C.
"Topological Representations of Certain Boolean Algebras"
A. E. Ross
U. of Notre Dame
"An Intractable Minimum Problem in Diophantine Approximation"
1964 R. H. Bing
U. of Wisconsin
"Homogeneity"
C. E. Capel*
Miami U.
"Concrescence, Concinnity, and Concatenation"
1965 A. Sterrett*
Denison U.
"The Negative Binomial Distribution for Testing Certain Hypotheses"
R. L. Wilder
U. of Michigan
"The Axiomatic Method"
1966 W. T. Fishback*
Ohio U.
"The High Costs of Trying"
M. Henriksen
Case Inst. Tech.
"Matrices Over Rings in Which Finitely Generated Ideals are Principal"
1967 H. D. Lipsich*
U. of Cincinnati
"Some New Directions for the Ohio Section"
J. Mycielski
Case Inst. Tech.
"Topics in Mathematical Logic"
F67 R. D. Anderson
Louisiana State U.
"A Brief Survey of CUPM Activities"
D. W. Bushaw
Washington State U.
"Preparation for Graduate Study in Mathematics"
W. Prenowitz
Brooklyn C.
"Preparation for Graduate Study in Geometry"
G. B. Price
U. of Kansas
"A General Curriculum in Mathematics for Colleges"
A. Rosenberg
Cornell U.
"The CUPM Qualification Report"
G. L. Weiss
Washington U.
"Preparation for Graduate Study in Analysis"
H. J. Zassenhaus
Ohio State U.
"Preparation for Graduate Study in Algebra"
1968 E. Engeler
U. of Minnesota
"Language as a Part of Mathematics: Part 1, Model Theory; Part 2, Symbol Manipulation"
D. T. Finkbeiner*
Kenyon C.
"The Mergences of Mathematics"
1969 R. P. Boas
Northwestern U.
"COSRIMS: Findings and Recommendations of the Graduate Panel"
P. J. Hilton
Cornell U.
"COSRIMS: Problems of Implementation of Recommendations"
H. O. Pollack
Bell Telephone Labs
"COSRIMS: Findings and Recommendations of the Undergraduate Panel"
A. E. Ross*
Ohio State U.
"Graduate Training in Mathematics: Some Dilemmas of a Practicing Educator"
1970 A. F. Bartholomay
Med. C. of Ohio-Toledo
"The Role of Mathematics in Biology and Medicine"
J. L. Smith*
Muskingum C.
"Swingin 60's - 70's"
W. Sternberg
U. of Minnesota
"Calculus and the Computer I: A Very Short Course in Computing; II: The Role of the Computer in the CRICISAM Calculus Course"
1971 V. Klee
U. of Washington
"Convex Sets in Geometry and Analysis"
B. Noble
Oberlin C.
"Applications of Undergraduate Mathematics"
B. J. Yozwiak*
Youngstown State U.
"What You Always Wanted to Know About Summability, But Were Not Interested Enough to Ask"
F71 J. Simons
SUNY, Stonybrook
"Current and Future State of the Art (of Differential Geometry)"
J. A. Thorpe
SUNY, Stonybrook
"History of Differential Geometry"
A. T. Vasquez
CUNY
"Integration of Differential Geometry Into the Undergraduate Curriculum"
1972 S. E. Bohn*
Miami U.
"Convex Functions, Some Generalizations and Applications"
S. Goldberg
Oberlin C.
"Probability Models in the Social Sciences"
B. E. Rhoades
Indiana U.
"Mathematics Programs at Two-Year Colleges - something for Everyone"
F72 H. D. Brown
Ohio State U.
"Applications of Graph Theory to Classification of Organic Molecules"
M. Gerstenhaber
U. of Pennsylvania
"The Delaware River: a Case History in the Use and Abuse of Models"
R. J. Herbold
Proctor & Gamble Co.
"Mathematics in Managerial Science"
M. S. Klamkin
Ford Motor Co.
"Mathematics in Industry"
1973 K. Cummins
Kent State U.
"A Transformational Approach to Geometry"
H. Flanders
Editor, A.M.M.
"Some Mathematical Aspects of Electrical Circuit Theory"
S. W. Hahn*
Wittenberg U.
"The Retread Problem"
A. Sterrett, Jr.
Denison U.
"Recent Activities of CUPM"
F73 R. P. Boas
Pres., MAA
"Consequences of Continuity"
E. L. Glazer
Case Western Reserve U.
"Some Possible Effects of the Computing Art on the Teaching of Mathematics"
W. T. Morris
Ohio State U.
"Probability and Real Decision Making"
1974 M. D. Plummer
Vanderbilt U.
"Non-trivial Applications of Graph Theory"
H. O. Pollak
Bell Telephone Labs
"A Loop Switching Problem"
S. E. Payne
Miami U.
"On Finite Moore Graphs"
K. D. Ray-Chaudhuri
Ohio State U.
"Graphs and Geometries"
F74 G. Noether
U. of Cincinnati
"How to Make Statistics Interesting"
J. Rosenblatt
Case-Western Reserve U.
"Introducing Operations Research in the Undergraduate Curriculum"
G. L. Thompson
Carnegie Mellon U.
"Operations Research - The State of the Art"
1975 W. J. Cody
Argonne Nat'l Lab.
"Computer Evaluation of Functions"
G. Fix
U. of Michigan
"Numerical Approximation for Data Driven Ocean Circulation Models"
A. B. Willcox
Exec. Dir., MAA
"Some Bridges to and from Mathematics"
F75 E. E. Moise
CUNY
"The Problem of Learning to Teach"
1976 R. G. Laatsch*
Miami U.
"Scrambled Infinite Dimensional Convex Eggs"
E. B. Saff
U. of South Florida
"Geometric Convergence of Rational Functions to Analytic Functions in Unbounded Domains"
H. J. Zassenhaus
Ohio State U.
"A tribute to Arnold E. Ross on his Retirement"
F76 F. S. Roberts
Rutgers U.
"Graphs, Garbage, and a Pollution Solution: Graph Theory Applied to Environmental Problems"
M. Thompson
Indiana U.
"Discrete Mathematical Models for Some Problems Arising in Biology and Medicine"
1977 C. W. Curtiss
U. of Oregon
"A Survey of Recent Developments in the Representation Theory of finite Groups"
D. R. Hughes
U. of London
"Designs and Some of Their Connections to Other Branches of Mathematics"
F77 R. C. DiPrima
Rensselaer Poly. Inst.
"Differential Equations in the Undergraduate Curriculum"
A. C. Tucker
SUNY, Stonybrook
"Graph Models in a Combinational Problem - Solving Course"
1978 P. Minton
Va. Commonwealth U.
"Bidding Models-An Example of Applied Mathematics"
N. J. A. Sloane
Bell Telephone Labs
"At the Intersection of Computer Science, Communications Theory, and Modern Algebra"
F78 W. S. Dorn
U. of Denver
"Numerical Instabilities and Their Cure"
R. S. Varga
Kent State U.
"Numerical Analysis - The State of the Art"
1979 P. J. Hilton
Case-Western Reserve U.
"The Development of Algebraic Topology - A Study in Evolution"
V. F. Rickey
Bowling Green State U.
"History of Mathematics as a Pedagogical Tool"
F79 D. L. Bernstein
Brown U.
"Mathematical Modeling an Existence Theorems"
Y-C. Lu
Ohio State U.
"Catastrophe Theory"
1980 D. O. Koehler*
Miami U.
"Evolution and Mathematical Models of Evolution"
J. S. Frame
Michigan State U.
"Groups - A Key to Patterns in Science"
F80 G. E. Andrews
Penn. State U.
"Recent Implications of the Work of L.J. Rogers"
D. K. Ray-Chaudhuri
Ohio State U.
"An Introduction to Coding Theory"
1981 R. P. Boas
Northwestern U.
"The Harmonic Series and the Elephants"
C. A. Long*
Bowling Green State U.
"Singular Value Decomposition of Matrices with Applications"
F81 H. T. Banks
Brown U.
"Parameter Estimation and Optimal Control in Delay and Partial Differential Equations"
P. M. Tuchinsky
Ford Motor Co.
"How I Do My Job - Systems Development"
1982 D. Faires*
Youngstown State U.
"Models of Population"
R. G. Laatsch
Miami U.
"Polyominoes-Pleasurable Places for Preception and Perplexing Packing Puzzles"
M. Sward
Trinity C.
"New Initiatives in Pre-College Mathematics Education"
F82 H. Zassenhaus
Ohio State U.
"Mathematicians of Pre-World War II Germany"
J. M. Greenberg
Ohio State U.
"What is Applied Mathematics? What is Applied Mathematics Education"
S. Nemer
Off Budget & Mgmt.
"The Process of Revenue Estimating for State Budget Purposes"
W. C. Rheinboldt
U. of Pittsburgh
"On the Discretization Error for Parameterized Non-Linear Equations"
D. P. Roselle
Virginia Tech. Inst.
"A Sampling of Applied Combinatorial Problems"
1983 N. Azarnia
Miami U.-Hamilton
"The Contributions of Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler"
D. Horwath*
John Caroll U.
"How to Keep Students Awake: Some Tricks of the Trade"
D. Lutzer
Miami U.
"Topology, Proofs and CUPM's Mathematical Sciences Program Recommendations"
M. Thompson
Indiana U.
"Mathematical Modeling: When, Why, and for Whom"
F83 A. Lazer
U. of Miami
"Intermediate Value Theorems and Differential Equations"
J. R. C. and J. R. Leitzel
Ohio State U.
"Mathematical Education in Mainland China"
K. Meyer
U. of Cincinnati
"Stability of Trojan Satellites"
C. Robinson
Northwestern U.
"In Search of Stability in a Complex World"
1984 P. Henrici
U. of North Carolina
and E.T.H., Zürich
"Recent Progress in Numerical Conformal Mapping"
Richard Little*
Baldwin-Wallace C.
"Some Things My Mathematics Professors Never Taught Me"
V. F. Rickey
Bowling Green State U.
"Curves of Calculus"
R. Varga
Kent State U.
"Some Conjectures and Open Problems in Function Theory and Approximation"
F84 D. Burke
Miami U.
"Undecidable Mathematics"
M. Gray
American U.
"Mathematics and the Law"
L. Sanders
Miami U.-Hamilton
"Characterizing Trees by a Finite Sequence of Integers"
P. Schmidt
U. of Akron
"Teaching Experimental Applied Mathematics: The TEAM Project"
L. Steen
St. Olaf C.
"Renewing Undergraduate Mathematics"
1985 I. Greber
Case-Western Reserve U.
"Engineering Needs and the College Mathematics Core"
P. Huneke
Ohio State U.
"The Embeddability of Graphs"
J. R. C. Leitzel*
Ohio State U.
"Three P's for Teaching Mathematics"
P. Wang
Kent State U.
"Symbolic Computation on Modern Computers"
F85 T. Whitted
U. of North Carolina
"Causes and Cures of Aliasing in Computer Graphics"
D. E. Cameron
U. of Akron
"Memoirs on compact Topological Spaces by P. S. Alexandroff and P. W. Urysohn - The Birth of Soviet Topology"
A. H. Schoenfeld
U. of California-Berkeley
"The Reality of Student Problem Solving Behavior - It's Worse Than You Think"
1986 A. Poorman*
Ashland C.
"Quality Control in the U.S."
P. Hilton
SUNY-Binghamton
"From Elementary Geometry to Not So Elementary Number Theory. The Final Story." (This is the title of the talk actually given, which differs from the printed History, newsletter, and printed program.)
A. T. White
Western Michigan U.
"Ringing the Cosets"
F86 Persi Diaconis
Stanford U.
"Combinatorics and Card Tricks"
J. Diestel
Kent State U.
"Rosenthal's Dichotomy"
L. Gillman
U. of Texas
"Approval Voting"
1987 M. D. Cox*
Miami U.
"The Remarkable Tilings of Roger Penrose"
H. S. Wilf
U. of Pennsylvania
"Strings, Substrings, and the Nearest Integer Function"
W. Page
N.Y.C. Technical C.
"The Mathematical Competition in Modeling"
F87 F. R. Giordano
U.S. Military Acad.
"The Teaching and Practicing of Mathematical Modeling for Undergraduates"
K. Cummins
Kent State U.
"Using the Students in Teaching Calculus"
D. T. Haimo
U. of Missouri-St. Louis
"Solutions of the Heat Equation"
1988 J. W. Friel*
U. of Dayton
"Farey Fractions"
G. F. Andrews
Penn State U.
"Dyson's Crank of a Partition"
P. Campbell
Beloit C.
"Mathematical Discoveries of the 1980's in Applied Mathematics"
F88 H. Edwards
N.Y.U.-Courant Inst.
"Kronecker's Views of the Foundations of Mathematics"
W. Dunham
Hanover C.
"Vito Volterra and the Limits of Pathology"
J. Gallian
U. of Minnesota-Duluth
"The Mathematics of Identification Numbers"
1989 C. Hampton*
U. of Minnesota-Duluth
"Calculus: Past, Present and Future"
G. Alexanderson
Santa Clara U.
"Gaussion Binomial Coefficients"
F89 D. E. Kullman
Miami U.
"What Colleges Should Do About the New NCTM Standards"
I. Niven
U. of Oregon
"Applied Topics in College Algebra"
1990 O. P. Stackelberg*
Kent State U.
"Number Theory and Probability: A Rich Interplay"
J. W. Dawson, Jr.
Penn State U.-York
"The Life and Work of Kurt Gödel"
B. A. Case
Florida State U.
"Are We Teaching Majors the Right Mathematics? Are We Teaching it the Right Way?"